The Latest Breaking News from Punjab

Top teams breeze into QF of Hockey India 13th Senior National men's championship. Punjab, UP & Odisha qualify in style with thumping wins. Telangana's captain & goalkeeper Sai Kumar Gangavath made some wonderful saves. QF line-up: Haryana vs Odisha; TN vs UP; Karnataka vs Jharkhand; Punjab vs Manipur.

AAP CM Bhagwant Mann criticizes farmer unions for blocking roads, creating inconvenience to common man. SKM coordinator Darshan Pal says AAP has changed attitude since coming to power. Farmers are protesting for hike in sugarcane crop price from Rs 380 to Rs 450 per quintal. SAD chief spokesperson Arshdeep Singh…

Bengaluru's Rajneesh Goel, IAS officer of 1986 batch, appointed next Chief Secretary of Karnataka. State govt issued order; Goel, Additional Chief Secretary, Home Dept, to take charge from outgoing Chief Secretary on Nov 30. State Cabinet authorised CM Siddaramaiah to select. Goel is 40th Chief Secretary; wife Shalini Rajneesh also…

Haryana CM Manohar Lal criticised Punjab government for not taking adequate measures to curb stubble burning. He said Haryana's efforts have resulted in a significant decline in farm fire incidents. The government has provided incentives to farmers and supplied machines and equipment to facilitate stubble management. Punjab recorded 35,606 stubble-burning…

Supreme Court judge expresses need to hear farmers before painting them as villains; 8,481 meetings held with farmers, 1,092 flying squads deployed to prevent fires; court questions why errant farmers should benefit monetarily; asks Centre, Punjab to take away incentive; suggests policy to discourage paddy cultivation.

In the last few months, various government and non-governmental organisations in Andhra Pradesh, Odisha, and Punjab have released mosquitofish into local water bodies to address a mosquito menace that locals have complained about. However, mosquitofish is a very invasive species that has already invaded ecosystems around India, including in the…

Farmers associated with as many as 18 farmer-labour outfits and members of the Sanyukt Kisan Morcha (SKM non-political) staged demonstrations at several places and submitted memorandums to deputy commissioners in support of their demands.

The Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) has arrested the Deputy Manager (Production) of Verka Dairy Plant in Punjab for demanding and accepting a bribe of Rs 30,000 from the complainant. Read further on Dynamite News:

Paddy straw burning in Punjab and Haryana is considered one of the reasons behind the alarming spike in air pollution levels in the national capital in October and November.